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darkcloud4579 · 10-17-2009, 09:30 PM

Since we've got all of this history -- 161 years of it to be exact -- it might be nice to check out the past and see all of the teams we've got, how much history between all of them and profiling some of the history makers throughout our time to date.

ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADER

Domingo Mendez, 886 HRs (1808-1832)

Mendez played all over, but the bulk of his career was in St. Louis and Pacific (now Philadelphia.) He won 7 MVPs during his career and until the 1870s, was the the all-time hits leader with 4,476 before he was eclipsed by Fernando Coronado.

ALL-TIME HITS LEADER

Fernando Coronado (1857-1881)
Coronado was a career .319 hitter, hit 266 career home runs, but made his mark getting on base. with close to 5000 hits. Many wondered why he didn't stick around to reach the iconic number, but he simply said at the end of his career, "when you've had enough, you've had enough. And I've had enough."

He only had 100+ RBI seasons, but was productive all over the place in his career spanning from his start in Bantam to San Diego, brief stops in New York and St. Louis before spending his last 10 years in Minneapolis.

His record has stood for over 80 years and so, far, no one has come particularly close to it at all. Maybe they never will?

CAREER WINS LEADER

David Bowman, 480 wins (1871-1898)

David Bowman isn't as well known as Nelson Mares despite having 9 more wins than him, but that doesn't make his accomplishments any less impressive. Bowman was the original iron horse pitching in the league, winning close to 500 games while spending the overwhelming part of his career in Santa Rosa. He left and went to Carolina towards the tail end and won a title playing with another talented standout (and reader contributed player) Jay Muns.

Bowman is also the all-time losingest pitcher with 334 losses, which is why many people criticized him at the end of his career and didn't think the pitcher of the year award ought to be renamed after him, despite taking over the mantle of most wins in league history. But critics of those critics, point to the fact that Bowman is also the league's leading strikeout pitcher with 7,474 and remains the only hurler in league history with over 7,000 strikeouts. Nelson Mares is #2 and trails him by over 700 strikeouts.

MOST SAVES
Ward Holliman, 119-140, 2.19 ERA, 1033 SAVES (1934-1959)
A 1st round pick of the Toronto Blueshirts, he spent his entire career in Toronto amassing an absolutely ridiculous figure out of over 1000 saves. The #2 guy on the list only has 806, so that gives you some perspective.

He has at least 29 saves for his entire career (and only did that once excluding his rookie year) and was one of the most reliable relievers during his career. Might he have won a Mares Award had he played elsewhere? Probably. But no matter, he was enshrined in the Hall of Fame and surely that's no booby prize.

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS
HR: Greg Dean 60 (1845)
BA: Konrad Rodinger .400 (1800)
RBI: John Ashley 221 (1926) (Ashley benefited from the "Year of the Grapefruit Ball" in 1926 when offensive numbers peaked considerably after some experimenting with the baseball caused some major spikes. We went back to the regular baseball after that one insane season.
SB: Tom Hayes 124 (1871) (Hayes is #1, 2 and 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10th on this list. With 1 2 and 3 he broke his own record each time.)

WINS: Lars-Erik Johansen 36 (1862) (The mythology of Lars-Erik Johansen coming back as a pitcher, after a reporter once said that he wasn't as good a pitcher as Nelson Mares in his prime, proved once and for all, that he was one of the best to ever play the game hitting OR pitching.) No one else has ever won 30 games. Gunner Carter, Johansen and Nelson Mares are #2 at 28 wins.

LOSSES: Millard Rouse, 29 (1869) (This was his ONLY season in the majors and he went 0-29 with a 10.89 ERA)

SAVES: Pedro Perez 59 (1914)

ERA: Lars-Erik Johansen 1.24 (1862)

10-17-2009, 09:30 PM	#95 (permalink)
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,248 Blog Entries: 29 Thanks: 73 Thanked 66x in 37 posts	Since we've got all of this history -- 161 years of it to be exact -- it might be nice to check out the past and see all of the teams we've got, how much history between all of them and profiling some of the history makers throughout our time to date. ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADER Domingo Mendez, 886 HRs (1808-1832) Mendez played all over, but the bulk of his career was in St. Louis and Pacific (now Philadelphia.) He won 7 MVPs during his career and until the 1870s, was the the all-time hits leader with 4,476 before he was eclipsed by Fernando Coronado. ALL-TIME HITS LEADER Fernando Coronado (1857-1881) Coronado was a career .319 hitter, hit 266 career home runs, but made his mark getting on base. with close to 5000 hits. Many wondered why he didn't stick around to reach the iconic number, but he simply said at the end of his career, "when you've had enough, you've had enough. And I've had enough." He only had 100+ RBI seasons, but was productive all over the place in his career spanning from his start in Bantam to San Diego, brief stops in New York and St. Louis before spending his last 10 years in Minneapolis. His record has stood for over 80 years and so, far, no one has come particularly close to it at all. Maybe they never will? CAREER WINS LEADER David Bowman, 480 wins (1871-1898) David Bowman isn't as well known as Nelson Mares despite having 9 more wins than him, but that doesn't make his accomplishments any less impressive. Bowman was the original iron horse pitching in the league, winning close to 500 games while spending the overwhelming part of his career in Santa Rosa. He left and went to Carolina towards the tail end and won a title playing with another talented standout (and reader contributed player) Jay Muns. Bowman is also the all-time losingest pitcher with 334 losses, which is why many people criticized him at the end of his career and didn't think the pitcher of the year award ought to be renamed after him, despite taking over the mantle of most wins in league history. But critics of those critics, point to the fact that Bowman is also the league's leading strikeout pitcher with 7,474 and remains the only hurler in league history with over 7,000 strikeouts. Nelson Mares is #2 and trails him by over 700 strikeouts. MOST SAVES Ward Holliman, 119-140, 2.19 ERA, 1033 SAVES (1934-1959) A 1st round pick of the Toronto Blueshirts, he spent his entire career in Toronto amassing an absolutely ridiculous figure out of over 1000 saves. The #2 guy on the list only has 806, so that gives you some perspective. He has at least 29 saves for his entire career (and only did that once excluding his rookie year) and was one of the most reliable relievers during his career. Might he have won a Mares Award had he played elsewhere? Probably. But no matter, he was enshrined in the Hall of Fame and surely that's no booby prize. SINGLE SEASON RECORDS HR: Greg Dean 60 (1845) BA: Konrad Rodinger .400 (1800) RBI: John Ashley 221 (1926) (Ashley benefited from the "Year of the Grapefruit Ball" in 1926 when offensive numbers peaked considerably after some experimenting with the baseball caused some major spikes. We went back to the regular baseball after that one insane season. SB: Tom Hayes 124 (1871) (Hayes is #1, 2 and 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10th on this list. With 1 2 and 3 he broke his own record each time.) WINS: Lars-Erik Johansen 36 (1862) (The mythology of Lars-Erik Johansen coming back as a pitcher, after a reporter once said that he wasn't as good a pitcher as Nelson Mares in his prime, proved once and for all, that he was one of the best to ever play the game hitting OR pitching.) No one else has ever won 30 games. Gunner Carter, Johansen and Nelson Mares are #2 at 28 wins. LOSSES: Millard Rouse, 29 (1869) (This was his ONLY season in the majors and he went 0-29 with a 10.89 ERA) SAVES: Pedro Perez 59 (1914) ERA: Lars-Erik Johansen 1.24 (1862)